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Chris Hayes from MSNBC’s “All In with Chris Hayes” contemplated income inequality to an audience in Hendricks Chapel Tuesday night. Page 3

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Teachable moments After-school program provides refugee students with homework

Task force holds first meeting Members discuss potential arena options

By Ellen Meyers asst. news editor

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner and her Stadium Task Force discussed a proposal of building a new sports arena in the Kennedy Square neighborhood at the task force’s first public meeting.

The meeting was held at Housing Visions headquarters Tuesday morning in front of several community members and city officials.

The stadium would be built just outside of the property of Upstate Medical University. Ben Walsh, deputy commissioner of Syracuse’s Department of Neighborhood and Business Development and chair of see task

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IVMF, Bush group study veterans MUKOMA MUKOMA AND ABDI MUKOMA complete assignments at a program in the South Avenue community center that is designed to help refugee students with their schoolwork. Both are students at Nottingham High School in Syracuse. yuki mizuma staff photographer

By Brett Samuels asst. news editor

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nside the community center located at 401 South Ave., there is a classroom different than most found at Syracuse University.

It’s slightly larger than a dorm room, but has space for two long tables and a small chalkboard at the front.

It’s also filled with the voices of 20 or so students ranging in age from kindergarteners to seniors in high school.

At the front of the room stands Osman Ramadhani. He’s in the classroom Monday through Friday from around 4 p.m. until as late as 8:30 p.m.

Ramadhani, 31, is studying math and science at Onondaga County

Community College, where he attends classes all afternoon on Mondays and Wednesdays, and in the morning on Tuesdays and Fridays.

When he’s free, he tries to finish as much schoolwork as possible.

On the weekends, he works 20 hours as a security officer, doing overnight shifts Friday and Saturday nights — all while raising four kids.

And somehow, amidst all his other commitments, Ramadhani helps run a program giving refugee students in Syracuse assistance with their homework.

“Most kids don’t always take education seriously and their parents don’t speak English to help the kids,” he said. “So we encourage them to do

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OSMAN RAMADHANI instructs refugee students. Ramadhani came to Syracuse from Somalia in 2004. yuki mizuma staff photographer

By Justin Mattingly staff writer

Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families is collaborating with the George W. Bush Institute to help post-Sept.

11 veterans overcome the issues of unemployment and homelessness upon their return to the U.S. The two organizations have been working together on a study for the last several months examining what issues affect veterans the most. The results of the first half of the study were announced at the Empowering Our Nation’s Warriors summit last week, said Daniel Savage, chief of staff of IVMF, in an email. The second half of the results will be released in the fall.

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Femininity inspires blogger’s fashion sense

By Charlotte Stockdale staff writer

Laura Anderson, a junior magazine and English and textual studies major, keeps up with fashion trends through magazines, looking for street fashion, high fashion and celebrity fashion styles. However, she does not fully rely on conforming to what fashion editors claim to be “hot.”

Anderson believes the key to fashion, above anything else, is that people should dress in a way that expresses who they are. “I don’t believe in ‘dressing to impress.’

I believe in dressing for yourself,” Anderson said.

Anderson is very feminine and takes pride in dressing in clothes she considers very womanly. She dresses brightly no matter what the season, and accessorizes as often as possible, wearing clothes that fit her body. Her favorite items of clothing include crop tops, skinny jeans and maxi-skirts. Anderson wears lipstick every day.

“Everything about your outfit can be average, but if your lips look good, you’re going to have a good day,” Anderson said.

As well as dressing in a very girly way, Anderson incorporates preppy and bohemian accents into her style.

She loves Urban Outfitters and Free People and also enjoys exploring small boutiques.

Anderson stresses the importance of women embracing and flaunting their bodies. She takes this especially into consideration when she dresses herself. Anderson believes that women should wear clothes that they feel comfortable and beautiful in. She is a sex writer for Her Campus, and has had her own sex blog for three years. During the years, she has begun to realize the importance of having self-confidence and a positive body image.

Said Anderson: “You will never see me in plaid shirts. Whenever I see girls in baggy, lumberjack shirts, I want to tell them ‘embrace your sexuality!’” cmstockd@syr.edu

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Master’s degrees to go online Engineering school to offer additional programs online with more flexibility

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chris hayes, host of MSNBC’s “All In with Chris Hayes,” speaks at the semester’s first University Lecture Tuesday night. Hayes spoke about how meritocracy is a driving force for inequality in the United States. tabitha hoag contributing photographer

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MSNBC host discusses economic inequality

By Robert Romano contributing writer

Before diving into his lecture, Chris Hayes started off with a unique scenario.

“I want you all to consider yourselves scientists in some cruel dystopian universe tasked with…taking people and turning them into sociopaths,” he said.

This scenario describes how cultivating fear and chaos in individuals is driving Wall Street and the American idea of meritocracy, Hayes said. Meritocracy is the idea that power should be given based on achievement.

“If you got a sense that the laws don’t apply to you and combine them with precariousness, you would have subjects that would be willing to do anything,” he added.

Hayes, an MSNBC host, used the scenario to transition into how meritocracy drives inequality in American life as part of his University Lecture, “Twilight of the Elites.” He spoke in Hendricks Chapel and is the first speaker of the spring 2014 series.

When introducing Hayes, Lor-

raine Branham, dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, joked that she started to read his books before she saw his face on television.

“He looked much smarter on TV,” she said light-heartedly.

But Hayes’ argument became more serious as he unwaveringly spoke to the audience about how the idea of American meritocracy is somewhat of a façade. He spoke about the British writer Michael Young, whose book, “The Rise of Meritocracy,” was a satire.

He made the same connection with the concept of a level playing field in American society.

“There is a really fascinating story about the fact that level playing field is a term invented by a bank lobbyist.”

Though he criticized meritocracy, Hayes suggested that he was connected to it in his own right. His mother was a teacher and his father was a Jesuit Seminarian turned community organizer. He grew up in the Bronx, and told the audience about a test he took to attend Hunter College High School, a magnet school in New York City.

The school had a meritocratic vision when he applied, Hayes said. But today, it no longer does because of a booming test prep industry that favors the rich.

“What essentially develops is a rigged game,” Hayes said, adding how the nature of city schools has changed.

He extended his argument into other aspects of American life with hardhitting data about the American elite.

Social mobility has not changed

looking ahead The University Lecture series kicked off its spring speaker events Tuesday evening with MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes. The next event will be March 5 when Roz Chast, a New Yorker cartoonist and author, gives a talk titled “Theories of Everything, and Much, Much More.”

The third speaker of the semester is Anna Deavere Smith, who will give a lecture titled “Snapshots: Portraits of a World in Transition.”

Smith is an actress, playwright and professor. The final University Lecture event of the semester will take place when Diane Ravitch, a research professor of education at New York University, discusses the American school system.

in 60 years and only four percent of people in American society make it to the top, Hayes said.

He said people think there is a “knight in shining armor” that is in favor of mobility and will rescue them from inequality. This figure never shows up, he said.

Jeanne Michele Mariani, a firstyear law student, said she agreed with Hayes on socioeconomic inequality.

“I think that social mobility in America is almost like an abstract concept, I don’t know if it actually exists,” she said.

Derek Bryant, a junior sociology major, said the points Hayes brought up were issues that the Occupy Wall Street movement attempted to bring national attention to.

“The economic inequality, the disparities between the working class and the owning class are something that with the Occupy movement was brought into the mainstream for a while and kind of fizzled out,” he said. “(Hayes’) trying to bring the issue of income inequality back into the forefront is something that’s really worthwhile.” rromano@syr.edu

People interested in pursuing a graduate program in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University are no longer limited by their geographic location.

L.C. Smith is implementing a plan to offer four of its master’s programs online and on campus. In fall 2014, the computer science master’s program will be offered online, followed by the engineering management master’s program in the spring, said Michael Frasciello, director of online learning for the college.

“Syracuse University has a pretty good reputation and a long standing success with online graduate education,” Frasciello said, referring to see l.c.

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crime briefs • A 23-year-old male was issued an appearance ticket for possessing an open container on the 400 block of Euclid Ave. A junior in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science was ticketed on Saturday at 12:30 a.m.

• A 22-year-old male was ticketed for a sound reproduction on the 500 block of Euclid Ave. on Saturday at 12:30 a.m.

• A 24-year-old female was ticketed for a sound reproduction on the 800 block of Sumner Ave. on Saturday at 8:14 p.m. The involved person is a senior in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science.

• A 21-year-old male was ticketed for a sound reproduction on the 600 block of Euclid Ave. on Saturday at 3:30 a.m. The involved person is a senior in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science.

• An 18-year-old male was arrested on charges of resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and second-degree harassment. The arrest took place on the 300 block of Westmoreland Ave. on Thursday at 12:20 p.m.

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Upcoming Marvel film to redefine superhero genre

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uperheroes have saturated films everywhere. Leaping off the page of comic books and onto the silver screen, superhero movies are some of Hollywood’s biggest investments. But they have a fatal flaw: They’re boring and audiences are tired of them.

Christopher Nolan’s “Batman” series seemed to embody the trend of the brooding, moody superhero. That dullness and lack of dimensionality came to fruition in the past summer’s “Man of Steel” and the trend appears to be continuing in the upcoming “Captain America: Winter Soldier.” Fun, excitement and joy are lost in these long drawn out narratives.

There is some light at the end of the dark, boring tunnel. On Feb. 18, the trailer for Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” was released.

It will hopefully encourage more superhero movies to embrace the genre from whence they came. Tim Burton’s “Batman” films embodied the colorful, silly spirit of comic books that just isn’t in many superhero movies these days.

“Guardians of the Galaxy” promises to break the mold with the use of hyperbolic imagery, self-awareness and great casting.

The film is based on the second volume of a comic book series that follows a team of the same name that began in 2008. It focuses on a band of interstellar assassins and criminals who seem less like heroes and more like a fun band of unruly delinquents. This is the first film to be released by Marvel in recent years that extends the universe into the cosmos.

With unchartered territory, the outer space in Marvel is bound to be more exciting and colorful than Zach Snyder’s dusty, earth-

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LIVING VICARIOUSLY THROUGH YOU toned images of Krypton in “Man of Steel.”

Besides the extraterrestrial setting, the filmmaker should set “Guardians” apart as a forerunner of a new era in the superhero genre. Writer and director James Gunn has never done a superhero film before. He’s better known for his work in campy, fun, horror comedies like “Scooby-Doo” in 2002 and “Slither” in 2006. A fresh, funny voice is bound to break up the monotony we see in typical superhero stories.

The casting should also lend a hand in making this film great. Chris Pratt plays the lead role, Peter Quill, also known as Star-Lord. Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper voices Rocket Raccoon, and Vin Diesel plays his caricature-like bodyguard Groot. Pratt’s prominence is growing really quickly. He plays funny and relatable characters, making him a refreshing change from the super rich and handsome Bruce Waynes, Tony Starks and Clark Kents whom we see far too often.

Pratt has the energy to reinvigorate superhero movies.

Movies grasping at profound themes and larger meanings fizzle out. Obvious metaphors for the “human experience” and struggle are lost in plots that are too long and become too deluded by the ideas of a superhero searching for his or her identity.

Christopher Nolan’s “Dark Knight” series

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was able to be profound, dark and interesting because of Nolan’s ability to set multiple plots in motion and the fact that he didn’t forget that Batman is all about cool gadgets and cleverness. Zach Snyder on the other hand uses his superhero movies and action movies to try to make larger claims about humanity. “Man of Steel” was less about Superman and more about a good-looking guy trying to find a place in the world. He really could have been anyone.

“Guardians of the Galaxy” won’t be about just anyone. Hopefully it will encourage superhero movies and the studios that make them to be more innovative in the genre. Superheroes have been used as tools rather than characters in complex stories to bring in audiences and money. “Guardians” will hopefully open the door to dynamic plots and characters that will make the genre more enjoyable.

Cassie-lee Grimaldi is a senior television, radio and film major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at cgrimald@syr. edu and reached on Twitter @cassiegrimaldi.

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By relying on mostly international users and spending no money on marketing, WhatsApp proves there is more than one strategy to having a successful and profitable startup in 2014.

After Facebook paid $16 billion for WhatsApp, the messaging app joined Facebook’s growing team of daughter companies on Feb. 19.

Jan Koum, a WhatsApp cofounder, arrived to the United States as a 16-year-old Russian immigrant, and was living off of food stamps.

Twenty-two years later, he now holds 45 percent of his recently sold company’s shares and is estimated to be worth around $6.8 billion.

Now, WhatsApp has more than 450 million monthly active users and has grown into the most popular mobile messaging app in India, Brazil and Spain where it commands 96 percent of the country’s total messaging marketplace, according to a Feb. 20 Wired article. Its international origin, combined with its compatibility with a variety of phones such as Blackberry and Nokia, is one of the reasons for its rising popularity outside of the United States.

This multi-billion dollar deal should force upcoming tech companies to consider looking at their brand from a global scope. Facebook has recently adapted that way of thinking and it’s probably why it saw so much potential in WhatsApp. Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook blog that the acquisition fuels Facebook’s mission to make the world more open and connected.

Besides opening the eyes of investors to the overseas business potential, the purchase of WhatsApp also exposed a few myths about how to become a quality startup in today’s market.

Koum keeps a note taped to his desk that reads, “No ads, no games, no gimmicks.” At a time where it seems as if News Editor Annie Palmer Editorial Editor Alfred Ng Sports Editor Stephen Bailey Feature Editor Lara Sorokanich Presentation Director Lizzie Hart Photo Editor Margaret Lin Art Director Natalie Riess Copy Chief Audrey Hart Development Editor Maddy Berner Social Media Producer Meredith Newman Video Editor Luke Rafferty

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AN URBAN LOOK ON TECHNOLOGY advertisements are everywhere, WhatsApp is completely ad-free and determined to give users the best and simplest experience possible. The startup currently only has 32 employees, none of which are relegated to marketing or public relations duties. Instead, the company depends on word-of-mouth and organic user growth, which has worked well so far.

WhatsApp went against the proven blueprint of releasing a free app into the iOS and Android marketplaces and instead opted to charge a small free to alleviate some of its financial pressure.

Most startups shy away from charging to download apps initially out of fear of losing potential new users. By offering a $1 per year subscription fee, Koum and his fellow employees paid for reoccurring maintenance problems and managed to keep the company afloat during the rough development stages.

WhatsApp also reminded the world that entertainment apps aren’t the only ones people are using. Apps like Snapchat and Instagram receive most of the fanfare because of its sharing capabilities but no matter the category, the real success of an app comes down to attachment — how many times throughout the day you open the app.

WhatsApp was able to revamp text messaging and make it cool again.

WhatsApp’s unusual business plan ultimately paid off big and possibly opened the door for other unorthodox tactics in the future. There are plenty of lessons that can be learned from Facebook and WhatsApp’s agreement, but I think the biggest takeaway is: you don’t have to be the “next big thing” to be successful.

Aarick Knighton is a sophomore information management and technology major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at adknight@syr.edu.

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Stadium task force needs campus input Syracuse University’s lack of involvement with the Stadium Task Force could negatively affect the campus community in the future.

The Stadium Task Force met for the first time since it was created on Tuesday. On Feb. 7, Chancellor Kent Syverud turned down an invitation to have a representative on the force, saying he felt the “best course of action is for the university and the city to undertake these analyses separately.”

As of Tuesday’s meeting, none of the members had seen the feasibility study done by SU to assess the project, according to a Feb. 25 Post-Standard article. This makes it more difficult for the planning process and negatively affects the decision-making.

The university should formulate how it wants to proceed with its

own internal review on the new stadium, but it should also be cooperating with the city.

Syverud’s decision to keep the university out of the discussion may have detrimental effects on the task force, as it can only work with SU by either setting up an in-person meeting or submitting questions in writing.

The majority of the Daily Orange editorial board feels that SU should have a representative on the task force. By not having a direct voice involved in the planning, the university cuts off a dialogue between the two parties.

The disconnect between the university and the task force is a problem because SU should be able to voice its concerns to the task force, and the planners should be able to have a

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The new stadium is planned to be built in Kennedy Square, which is less than two miles from the Carrier Dome. Regardless of whether the new stadium will be used by SU or the city, it will have a major effect to SU. The stadium project will likely move forward with or without SU’s voice. Having a representative on the task force provides the school with an opportunity to have its voice heard before it’s too late to prevent a change that may negatively affect SU. SU should be more involved in planning for the new stadium.

Though the university may also want to analyze the effects of a new stadium on its own, staying out of the public conversation is not beneficial for either party.

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Construction vehicles work on the site of the future Butternut Commons on Syracuse’s Northside Tuesday. Demolition of the site’s previous buildings began Friday, though no definitive time is set for the project’s completion. logan reidsma contributing photographer

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yracuse’s Northside neighborhood is a lowincome area and its rundown buildings and infrastructure reflect that.

In the neighborhood surrounding Butternut Street between North McBride and North Townsend streets, 38.7 percent of residents live under poverty level and 12.8 percent are unemployed, according to city-data. com. From these conditions emerged Butternut Commons, a planned project to rejuvenate the downtrodden area.

According to a release from Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner’s office, Butternut Street LLC began tearing down 10 decrepit buildings on Butternut Street last Friday. The group plans to replace them with 24 apartments, 18,000 square feet of retail space and two to four townhouses available to be rented, pending zoning permission.

The two-phase project is estimated to cost $7.85 million, according to the Syracuse Industrial Development Agency.

Open Atelier Architects, which designed the building, said “the neighborhood surrounding the complex will be transformed from abandoned and dilapidated

structures to a revitalized new urban center with sufficient density to herald a new era for the area,” on their website.

The man behind the transformation is Giovanni LaFace, vice president of C&D LaFace Construction Inc. LaFace said his desire to address the needs of the area stemmed from his own roots in the neighborhood. He grew up in the house his grandparents moved into on Butternut Street when they first emigrated from Italy, and for five years he lived in a nearby apartment.

Now, his childhood home is one of the buildings slated to be destroyed, but using the company his father founded 35 years ago. He said he hopes to make the area more prosperous.

The Butternut Commons project will build 12 apartments and approximately half of the retail space, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year, said Anthony Catsimatides, principal architect at Open Atelier. He added that the remainder of the apartments and storefronts will be built in a separate building during the second phase.

Kinney Drugs, which is currently housed across the street in St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, will move into an 11,000 square foot space in Butternut Commons, expanding from a small in-hospital store

to a fully-stocked pharmacy, LaFace said. St. Joseph’s, which is undergoing expansions of its own, has given LaFace advice on how to make the renovations complement each other, he said.

Construction on the complex has been in progress for the past year, Catsimatides said, and will feature a variety of stores on ground level, with tasteful apartments situated above them. Mixed-use buildings are “part of a national trend” that Syracuse has been participating in as the city renovates itself. Catsimatides added that his modern-meets-traditional design has received positive feedback from the community.

For his work, LaFace and Butternut Street LLC have been awarded more than $1 million in tax breaks, from mortgage and property tax exemptions to sales taxes on construction materials being used to build the complex.

Catsimatides said that while construction has gone forward without any difficulties, a definitive date of completion is not able to be determined just yet.

“They’re going through budgeting now,” he said.

“We hope to have (the first building) completed by the end of this year or early next year, but right now we really cannot tell.” zmwarman@syr.edu

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SU Enactus creates recycling service to help feed hungry

By Brett Samuels asst. news editor

Nowadays, recycling at Syracuse University doesn’t just help the environment — it helps those in need in the community.

That’s because recycled bottles and cans from the university’s academic and residential buildings now go through Mission Returns, the bottle and can redemption service for the local Rescue Mission.

The idea originated from SU Enactus, a nonprofit student organization based in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management that uses entrepreneurial skills to make progress in the community, according to its website.

Spencer Herbst, president of SU Enactus, said he initially proposed the idea to Provost Eric Spina in July 2013. After a series of meetings with members of the university’s sustainability office, and directors for facilities and auxiliary services, Herbst said the idea was officially approved on Oct. 31. Bottles and cans began going to Mission Returns in December.

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task force the task force, said other sites have been discussed, but the Kennedy Square location is the one that’s being presented to the public.

“I think the way we structured this task force, we can only respond to the information that we have in front of us,” he said. “We believe

“The decision was made because we identified an opportunity where SU could directly support people in need by recycling without incurring any additional cost,” Herbst said.

He added that while discussing the new project with members of the university community, everyone was on board with the concept.

“There were some significant logistics that needed to be solved, but the idea that we would be able to help feed people who are hungry simply by recycling sold itself,” Herbst said.

The Rescue Mission comes to SU twice a week to pick up bottles and cans, Herbst said.

He added that when he last spoke to the head of Mission Returns, they were averaging between 4,000 and 7,000 bottles and cans per week.

For every 65 bottles and cans recycled, the Rescue Mission generates enough revenue to provide a meal for someone in need, Herbst said.

“Based on Rescue Mission estimates, SU will create nearly 4,000 meals a year,” he said.

Jamie Cyr, director of Auxiliary Services at SU, said the new bottle and can redemption project does not require any major changes to

the university’s internal processes.

Cyr added that Enactus approached university administration with a clear plan, which made for a smooth transition.

Herbst said the Rescue Mission has seen a rise in the homeless population, and the

organization only receives 10 percent of their overall revenue from government contracts.

Through the new partnership with SU, Herbst said the Rescue Mission now has a more sustainable source of income that will directly affect their ability to feed hungry people in the area.

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cue Mission, could not be reached for comment.

Charles Chappel, chief commercial officer for the local Rescue Mission, said in a Feb. 21 SU News article that SU Enactus has been a big help for them, including with other projects such as area thrift stores.

While the current recycling program has been a great help to the Rescue Mission, Herbst said Enactus is still looking to expand the initiative.

“We are currently in the process of establishing a partnership with the fraternities and sororities to redeem the bottles and cans in their houses,” Herbst said.

He added that Enactus has also reached out to SUNY-ESF, and plans on reaching out to the nearby hospitals and other local businesses about joining the program.

Herbst hopes the new twist on recycling will influence the SU community.

“We believe this initiative can really change the culture behind recycling on this campus,” he said.

“Instead of just helping the environment, you’re directly helping those in need in our community.” blsamuel@syr.edu

that other sites have been discussed, but what was presented publicly was this particular site.”

He added that the task force is not looking at any other sites, but they are open to suggestions.

Not every task force member was at the meeting. State senators David Valesky and John DeFrancisco and assembly member William Magnarelli were absent, but they sent people to represent them. Other members came in late as task force members introduced

themselves, while others left the meeting early.

Outside of the task force, there were only a few community members in the audience.

Two goals for the task force are to ensure that stakeholders make informed decisions, and making sure that the community’s voice is heard in the process, Walsh said.

“I think we would all agree that whatever happens in this neighborhood, whether it’s a stadium or something else, we want it to fit the existing fabric of the neighborhood to align with our municipal planning,” he said.

In a Feb. 7 letter written to the mayor, Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud said he would not appoint anyone to the task force and that SU would conduct an internal analysis to possibly renovate or replace the Carrier Dome.

Greg Eastwood, interim president at Upstate Medical University, asked how the task

force would communicate with SU since no one is representing the university on the task force.

The task force can ask the university questions in writing, or ask them orally, Miner said.

“My experience has been that the chancellor has been very open to answering questions when he has an answer to them,” Miner said.

“But if he doesn’t have answers to them, then obviously he can’t provide them.”

SU also hired Irwin Raij of Foley & Lardner LLP as a consultant for task force members to talk to, Walsh added.

At the end of the meeting, Walsh said they have not decided how many meetings the task force will have. Before deciding what the next steps are for the task force, Walsh said they will summarize the key points of Tuesday’s meeting, including the most important items for the committees. ekmeyers@syr.edu | @Ellen_Meyers

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grams as they would in classrooms on campus.

Du attributes this to the lack of interaction between online students, peers and faculty, he said.

“They also don’t have the same learning atmosphere that they get from sitting in a classroom and discussing in person,” he said.

While the level of education may not be identical, Du said online platforms like this can narrow the gap between the quality of education online versus on campus.

Additionally, this online option will now offer master’s programs to a wider range of students.

There are a lot of people who could benefit from having the master’s programs offered online, said Chilukuri Mohan, a professor in the department of electrical engineering and computer science.

People who have full-time positions at other corporations may not be able to physically come to campus, Mohan said.

“It is now possible for them to do one to two courses, and eventually earn a degree,” he said.

“They have families, and other commitments — so it would be very hard for them to come full time.”

L.C. Smith is committed to improving the quality and experience of the online master’s programs, Frasciello said. The transition to more online opportunities makes it so that commitment pays off.

Said Frasicello: “We are trying to bring the residential and online experiences together, in a unified way.” jbundy@syr.edu

Based on Rescue Mission estimates, SU will create nearly 4,000 meals a year.

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l.c. smith the online graduate programs offered in both the School of Information Studies and the Martin J. Whitman School of Management.

The engineering master’s programs hope to follow that trajectory, Frasciello said.

The electrical engineering and computer engineering master’s programs offered online just went live this past January and both have less than 10 students enrolled in each program, he said.

“We expect we will fill the enrollment to the size of the residential programs, which may be around 20 per course,” Frasciello said.

The online programs will include the same curriculum and materials offered in the residential programs on campus, he said. The online course model will webcast lectures on campus live from the actual class, allowing online students to actively participate in the lecture.

“As an online student you are attending class at the same time as the residential students are,” Frasciello said. “The platforms we use show everything that is being written or presented.”

However, there’s debate on the difference between learning online and in the classroom.

Wenliang Du, a professor in the department of electrical engineering and computer science, said he does not believe students will receive the same level of education through the online pro-

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tutors their homework daily. The thought is to come together to help each other.”

All the students are refugees from different countries in Africa, including Kenya and Somalia. Most of them are part of the Wazigua community, which is a particular African culture that has a large population in Central New York. According to the U.S. Department of State, 972 Somali refugees arrived in Syracuse between 2001 and 2011.

Ramadhani said as many as 50 kids will show up to get assistance with their schoolwork on a given day, but when he’s the only one available to help he can only accept 15–30 of them.

Ramadhani is still learning English and is unfamiliar with some topics covered in local schools. In order to make the program as beneficial as possible, he needs help.

He found help when Catherine Nock, an assistant Spanish language coordinator at Syracuse University, brought her honors seminar class to meet Ramadhani and some of the kids in the program in the fall of 2012.

Nock said her class’s first meeting with Ramadhani was a chance to meet some of the refugee students, but Ramadhani asked if some of the students would be interested in coming to tutor the kids on a regular basis.

Liana Huber, a sophomore television, radio and film major, started tutoring at the program her freshman year with Nock’s class, and started going once a week last semester.

When Huber arrives around 4 p.m., she’s greeted by younger kids running around and coloring since there isn’t much homework for them. Meanwhile, the older kids in the program talk about their day and begin working on their schoolwork.

Huber said she often checks the students’ homework since many of them don’t have any-

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veterans launched a military service initiative to help with retired veterans, Savage said.

“As a part of that initiative, the Bush Institute was looking for an academic institution to work with to conduct this study, which is when the IVMF got involved,” he said.

According to the study, 71 percent of Americans say that they don’t understand the problems faced by those who have served since Sept. 11.

Two of the biggest problems veterans face are unemployment and homelessness — the unemployment rate of post-9/11 veterans is 9.9 percent, compared to the national average of 7.9 percent. Roughly 48,000 post-9/11 veterans are homeless or are at risk of becoming homeless, according to the study.

Savage said President Bush feels a strong connection to post-9/11 veterans and wants to help them integrate back into regular culture.

“The events of September 11, 2001 forever changed the lives of all Americans who remember that day, and for President Bush specifically, the terrorist attacks of that day dramatically altered the course of his presidency,” he said.

IVMF and the Bush Institute conducted a review of dozens of academic studies, data sources and various media outlets, and also gave a survey to professionals working with veterans and their families, to understand the current state of veteran affairs in the U.S., Savage said.

He added that the study has focused on different issues facing veterans and is in a transition stage.

“The study has focused on several major areas — employment, education, wellness, families, women veterans and housing or homelessness, and is now transitioning to a phase examining the efficiency and impact of the

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one else to do it for them.

“I remember I’d always give my math homework to my dad and he’d check it over, but they don’t really have that with their families,” she said.

While Ramadhani doesn’t always know the material, Huber said she faces a different challenge when she volunteers at the program because being a teacher is much harder than it seems.

“It’s easier to just do it for them and say ‘this is the answer,’ but you have to feel out what each individual needs,” Huber said.

In addition, it can be difficult to hold the attention of some of the younger students, said Lauren Murphy, a senior photojournalism major, who started volunteering a few weeks ago. Like any other kid, they just want to relax and have fun, said Murphy, who is also a staff photographer for The Daily Orange.

But the attention SU students give to the refugee students is well received.

“Usually I try to do (homework) by myself, and sometimes I give up or wait to ask the teacher the next day,” said Mukoma Mukoma, a sophomore at Nottingham High School in Syracuse. “The (SU) students take the time to make you understand, no matter what.”

Madina Mosa, a junior at Nottingham High School, said if she doesn’t know a subject, an SU student can help answer her questions. Mosa said SU students’ past experience makes her more confident since they know the subject.

Ramadhani added that students at the program enjoy the opportunity to get academic help from SU students.

“The kids love Syracuse University kids because it’s who they depend on when they ask questions to get answers,” he said.

But it’s not just academic help that the SU students provide.

Huber said she’s spoken with a few students in the program about SATs, college life and what it’s like attending SU. “These are conversations they can’t really have at home,” Huber said.

The refugee students, especially the older ones in the program, said they like hearing about what college life is like just up the hill.

Mukoma, who goes to the program Monday through Friday, said he appreciated that SU students were willing to talk with him about his college plans, including what he might like to study.

“Usually people wouldn’t worry about where you’re going to be in the future,” he said.

Ramadhani added that having SU students around kids in the program gives an example of how important education is, and where the younger kids can end up if they continue working in school.

“The SU part shows students what they can do if they work hard,” said Nock, the Spanish instructor.

“It gives them inspiration for their own futures.”

But while the program has been incredibly helpful for many of the refugee students, there is still a need for more tutors.

Huber said SU students have trouble with find-

ing time and transportation to get to the center.

“It’s hard to get people to go on their own because it’s not like you can just walk over to Schine and do it,” Huber said.

Ramadhani said the kids have benefitted from the program and enjoy their time there, but additional tutors would make a difference.

“They’re trying. They don’t always do 100 percent, but they’re trying,” he said. “(The kids) love to learn and go to school, we’re just missing people to help them and give them attention, otherwise they want to learn the material.”

Regardless of how many tutors they have, the center has proved to be a safe and supportive environment for the kids to learn.

For now, they have Huber, Murphy and a few others who regularly stop by, as well as Ramadhani, who serves as an example of where their education, hard work and dedication could take them. blsamuel@syr.edu

organizations which serve America’s veterans and their families,” he said.

Some SU students believe veterans deserve help and answers to the problems they face after serving. T.J. Wells, a freshman advertising major, said the veterans and service people are the foundation for the U.S., so it’s a great

idea for IVMF and the Bush Institute to try and help our veterans get back to a normal life.

Holden Foshag, a junior entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises major, said he believes the study could be beneficial in order to provide former servicemen and servicewomen better lives upon their return.

Said Foshag: “It’s important that veterans have sustainable living conditions after serving in the military, and if the research they’re doing helps improve their lives then that’s a good thing.”

The Bush Institute could not be reached for comment. jmatting@syr.edu

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(TOP) ALLIE GOLD, general manager of Z89, DJs in the station’s studio.

(BOTTOM RIGHT) WJPZ, which was founded in 1973, is the subject of a new documentary about its past. emma fierberg asst. photo editor

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Upcoming alumni documentary delves into legacy, history behind WJPZ

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t’s 1974. “Hooked on a Feeling” sits in the top spot on WJPZFM’s rotation; the “B” playlist is anchored by Mike Oldfield’s “Exorcist” theme. Greg Hernandez DJs Friday and Saturday nights until the early hours of morning for the station — 1200 on the AM dial, broadcasting live from Syracuse University.

It’s 40 years later, and Hernandez now only DJs what he jokingly calls the “rolling party” in his car. He hasn’t endured a Syracuse winter in 18 years,

but the WJPZ co-founder is making the trek back to frigid Upstate New York on Saturday as an inductee to the WJPZ Alumni Association Hall of Fame.

“You don’t think of it as a legacy when you’re still at school,” Hernandez said, “Back then, we did it for the passion and enjoyment. We didn’t think it would outlast us.”

From Hernandez’s recollections, it’s not all that difficult to see why.

WJPZ was built on spare parts from WAER and signal strength with less power than a light bulb. But the station and its mission, offering alternative see wjpz page 12

TUNING IN It’s not just the station that’s changed since WJPZ’s inception in 1973.

Here’s a look at how the Top 40 landscape shifted during those 40 years, through a sampling of WJPZ playlists: 1973/1974 1. Blue Swede - “Hooked on a Feeling” 2. Eddie Kendricks - “Boogie Down” 3. Billy Joel - “Piano Man” 4. Carly Simon and James Taylor - “Mockingbird” 5. Elton John - “Benny and the Jets” 2014 1. One Direction - “Story of My Life” 2. Bruno Mars - “Young Girls” 3. Britney Spears - “Hold it Against Me” 4. Naughty Boy/Sam Smith - “La La La” 5. A Great Big World/Christina Aguilera - “Say Something”

Alumni who have left the hills and slopes of Syracuse University behind will soon have the chance to bring a piece of the school with them — its scent.

SU is collaborating with Masik Collegiate Fragrances to create a signature perfume and cologne line for women and men. They will be named “Syracuse University for Him” and “Syracuse University for Her,” respectively.

“My hope is that these official scents will someday remind people of the past,” Katie Masik, the owner of Masik Collegiate Fragrances, said on the company website. “Long after the days on campus come to an end, alumni and fans can smell that special scent and be reminded of that special time — the campus, the sporting events, the traditions and most of all, the memories.”

The company looks for big East Coast schools with large fan bases and alumni populations. According to Masik’s website, the company sells fragrances to 17 universities. Given SU’s big sports following, Masik said that SU was a natural choice.

“With Syracuse, (you have) your classic architecture with Crouse and Hall of Languages. We pulled in some very classic type of aromatics in the fragrance options,” Masik said.

The fragrances will capture the “scent of Syracuse,” taking inspiration from the schools’ colors, buildings and climate.

Some of the fragrance options utilize nectarine, ginger, tangerine and orange scents to highlight the smells of spring. Other fragrances have crisper scents inspired by the snow and ice of Syracuse winters. SU specifically asked for natural scents, so Masik took inspiration from the outdoors, incorporating pine trees and fir trees into the fragrances.

Masik Collegiate Fragrances created six different perfumes in the initial testing stage. The 1.7 oz. bottles will be sold in SU bookstores, collegiate retail stores, local Syracuse retail shops and online on Masik’s website for $39.50.

Last Wednesday, focus groups smelled each option and voted on their favorite. The winners of the vote will become the official scents for men and women of Syracuse. see perfume page 14

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radio opportunities from WAER, have soldiered on over a storied 40 years.

It’s that scope that alumnus Scott MacFarlane tried to capture in “Greatest Media Classroom,” a documentary spanning the four decades of WJPZ, colloquially christened Z89 since making the leap to the FM dial in 1985. Commissioned by WJPZ’s Alumni Association and set to premiere Saturday at the Sheraton University Hotel and Conference Center, MacFarlane spearheaded the project to chronicle each era of WJPZ history.

“Working on the documentary was enlightening and jaw-dropping,” MacFarlane, a 1998 SU alum, said. “It showed a pattern of ambitious projects over time, like getting a frequency and building the tower. Students always pulled it off.

They’re things professionals would struggle with.”

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the station’s story. He arrived at WJPZ on his first day on campus, and spent all four years of his collegiate life working for the station. He bounced between WAER and WJPZ, but said that while he enjoyed working with WAER, it was WJPZ that left him with a stronger emotional attachment.

“Students run the place and built the place, and it’s self-reliant,” MacFarlane said. MacFarlane mentioned how moved he felt by a few moments of “Greatest Media Classroom.” One of those was the four minutes spent dedicated to the station’s coverage of the Pan Am Flight 103 tragedy in 1988, when WJPZ’s phone lines flooded with student calls.

But not every emotional clip unearthed by MacFarlane for the documentary is a tragic one; there are, according to MacFarlane, as many triumphs in the documentary as there are near misses.

“Some years just struck me as incredible,” he said. “Like 1985, when students got the station on the FM dial. Or just 1973, and starting the thing.”

Scott Meach, a 1990 alum whose WJPZ nar-

rative parallels MacFarlane’s — starting right away at both stations before being drawn more closely to WJPZ’s magnetic pull — said the documentary is a testament to the vision of not just the station’s founders, but the students who kept the station going.

“The number of people touched by WJPZ is a lot,” Meach said. “The documentary touches on all the different eras and the impact the station’s had, and I was in tears after watching it.”

MacFarlane estimates some 100 alumni will brave the second coming of the polar vortex this weekend for the screening, and he jokes that getting alumni to come out on a 5-degree day in the dead of Syracuse winter is no easy feat.

Though he’s keeping his fingers crossed for slightly warmer winter weather come Saturday afternoon, Hernandez said he’s looking forward to reflecting back on his WJPZ days.

Said Hernandez: “That what I helped start in 1973 is still there is so gratifying.” ervanrhe@syr.edu

RADIO RECOLLECTIONS “Greatest Media Classroom” spans WJPZ’s 40 years of history, covering everything from its inception to its switch from AM to FM. Here’s a rundown of some important moments in the station’s history:

1973 WJPZ is founded as a Top 40 station, broadcasting from 1200 on the AM dial. The station started with just 100 milliwatts of power, which covered both campus and nearby neighborhoods. The station drew its call letters to make them similar to New York’s WABC, a successful national Top 40 station.

1973 Station co-founder Greg Hernandez says that the first business to buy advertising from WJPZ was Acropolis Pizza House.

WJPZ also relocated from 100 Waverly Ave. to the basement of the Campus Conveniences building at 823 University Ave. The Waverly facility was torn down to make space for a parking lot.

1983 WJPZ starts efforts to move to FM dial to operate with more power.

1985 WJPZ-FM starts broadcasting at 89.1 FM. The first song officially played on the station’s FM debut is “Why” by Bronski Beat.

1988 In “Greatest Media Classroom,” the documentary devotes four minutes to the station’s broadcasts following the Pan Am Flight 103 tragedy, when students flooded the station’s phone lines and the station provided 24/7 coverage.

1991 MacFarlane recalls 1991 as the year Z89 received “ridiculous ratings,” and beat professional stations.

1995 The station plays modern rock for a few-year-stint as 89.1 The Pulse.

1997 WJPZ-FM adopts the slogan “The Beat of Syracuse.”

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f you’re a little late to the Valentine’s Day movie scene, and you’re looking for a casual laugh, the romantic comedy “About Last Night” is a smart choice.

“About Last Night,” a remake of a 1986 comedy of the same name, focuses on two contrasting couples’ relationships, and how they develop and change over the course of a year.

Though the film addresses important topics, like moving in together and fighting, in a serious manner, its overall tone is jovial and light.

The movie begins with two versions of the same story, as Bernie (Kevin Hart) and Joan (Regina Hall) separately recall the previous night to their friends Danny (Michael Ealy) and Debbie (Joy

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Bryant), respectively. It was a good way to bring the audience in, since viewers wanted to hear how Bernie and Joan each spun the story to impress their friends, as it’s revealed that they are talking about their experience with one another. The sequence also gave viewers a good feel for each character and the relationships they had with their friends.

Bernie and Joan are bringing their other friends to their regular bar so that they can all meet up and get to know one another. In what makes for a funny setup, Bernie and Joan get drunk, whereas Danny and Debbie are more hesitant, but begin talking to one another.

This was a common theme throughout the romantic comedy, as Hart and Hall would get drunk and argue about comical minutiae that often go beyond what is acceptable to discuss in public. Throughout the film, Hart and Hall were

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able to push each other to higher levels of goofiness, resulting in some screamingly funny scenes.

The moments between Bernie and Joan were easily the most enjoyable moments of the film, as they allowed Hart to show off his quick and yappy style, and Hall to react in outrageous and over-thetop fashions. Of course, head writer Leslyle Headland also incorporated physical comedy into Bernie and Joan’s relationship, as Hart stands three inches shorter than Hall’s 5-foot-5-inch height.

While Bernie and Joan go drink-for-drink, Danny and Debbie engage in a more realistic, mature conversation. It is clear that the two are attracted to each other, and the two end up spending the night together. This dynamic was the source of many of the film’s laughs — when Bernie and Joan were kicking and screaming, Danny and Debbie represented a much more realistic couple going through the motions of a relationship.

Though it was nice to have the more realistic backdrop against Bernie and Joan’s craziness, Ealy and Bryant were unable to foster the kind of chemistry that Hart and Hall had.

The scenes between the two were forced, and seemed like they were only there to set up the next punch line from the other characters.

Individually, however, both actors were satisfactory. Ealy, whose character struggles with

commitment issues and the baggage from relationships past, was able to show a good amount of confusion and frustration with both the relationship and his job. Bryant smartly played Debbie with the type of go-getting demeanor that can turn intense, and eventually overbearing, in a relationship.

Director Steven Pink also incorporated a lot of the quirks of the dating scene. There were a lot of funny conversations between both the men and women in preparation for dates and other events. For example, Bernie hilariously lamented Danny’s decision to let Debbie move in with him, and Joan desperately tried to convince Debbie that getting a dog was a bad idea.

Though the film did present some of the situational aspects of relationships well, there was not much of a plot beyond that. Bernie and Joan would fight and make up, and Danny and Debbie would fight. Though a plotline is admittedly not the most important thing for this type of romantic comedy to have, it didn’t seem the characters were up much against anything except for themselves.

“About Last Night” might not be the perfect movie, but it is a heartwarming and enjoyable romantic comedy. And you’ll be sure to laugh throughout the entire 100 minutes.

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ell, SU, we have found another reason to hate Duke. “Lauren/Aurora,” the “infamous” freshman Duke porn star, has become a viral sensation, and the student population’s response leaves much to be desired.

After a shocking turn of events in which a Duke fraternity member exposed the closeted on-campus porn star, the porn star decided to give an interview to Duke’s school newspaper, The Chronicle. Lauren (not her real name) also wrote a letter that was published on xojane.com, and did a Q-and-A with New York Magazine.

My problem is not with Lauren’s career in the porn industry. I am gung-ho for that, and I respect her courage throughout this whole debacle. My problem is with the flying judgments and generalizations coming from both sides of the political spectrum.

There is a lot of backlash in regard to Lauren’s personal choices. The key point that many are missing is that her decisions do not directly affect anyone’s life but her own. Does her career affect you personally? Does being “above” porn give you a right to judge her? No. Regardless of one’s opinion of the porn

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perfume There will only be one fragrance for men and women in the line.

Staff from SU Athletics, enrollment management, the alumni relations department and the Bookstore made up the 25-person focus groups, said Julie Walas, undergraduate programs manager of the School of Information Studies.

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LEAVE ROOM FOR YEEZUS industry, there is no argument that this girl is brave. Admitting to being a porn star is not an easy task, especially at a traditionally WASP-y school like Duke.

Lauren’s original approach to her lifestyle choice was to keep it separate from her “real life.” She was not flaunting her career as a sex worker, but instead did it strictly for herself.

I think there are healthier ways to pay for school, and I have a lot of qualms with the porn industry itself. However, that being said, this girl is expressing her sexuality. Female empowerment means allowing women to live their lives without labels and judgment.

Yes, that means women who do not shave and housewives who fulfill stereotypical roles can live side-by-side.

But they have to respect each other.

It all went downhill when freshman Thomas Bagley let the cat out of the bag. Lauren received hundreds of Facebook friend requests Walas attended the event and said she enjoyed all of the women’s scents.

“They were a mix of citrusy and wintery and captured the essence of Syracuse well,” Walas said. “There was one called ‘Citrus Chill’ in fact that I liked a lot.”

Kim Brown, SU’s assistant director of alumni programs, live-tweeted the event. She posted pictures for each scent, which showed what ingredients were in each sample. “Citrus Chill,” for example, contained pear, limoncello, tanger-

and Twitter followers within hours of the news going public.

Although I have empathy for Lauren in an embarrassing and uncomfortable situation, did she really think that she could keep her alter ego a secret in this day and age? And if the frat-stars at Duke are as “douche” as she claims, would she not imagine that one day one of them would discover her online?

And would it not be legitimate to think that these “douchey” frat guys would not treat the situation with respect, but instead with intolerance?

I am not on “the patriarchy’s” side of this one, but I think I am being realistic. If Lauren was at a school like Amherst or Tufts, she could have expected a much more positive and understanding reaction. She said to New York Magazine that she goes to school with “rich, entitled males.”

This situation gives Duke an opportunity to educate its apparently homogenous student body. Duke can teach its students and faculty about equality amongst men and women and the freedom of sexual expression.

Duke has had problems with sexual issues in the past — such as the infamous lacrosse

MAKING SCENTS Syracuse isn’t the only university to get the perfume treatment. Here’s a list of other schools that have signature scents:

• University of Alabama • Auburn University • Clemson University • University of Florida • Florida State University • University of Georgia ine, strawberry, sandalwood and passion fruit.

Brown also tweeted that the scent “Let’s Go Orange” smelled “super summery.” It mixed mandarin, peach, vanilla and cedar together, along with other light scents. “SU Strong,” the men’s cologne, mixed elements like cracked pepper, orange zest and amber. Brown tweeted that she did not enjoy it as much as the women’s perfumes.

Numerous scent-testers and alumni tweeted positively about the fragrances throughout the event, and several expressed surprise. Many said that they had never heard of the concept of collegiate perfumes before the testing.

scandal in 2010 — but has yet to come up with a solution. It could be helpful to have a mandatory forum regarding men’s versus women’s view on sex.

Lauren could have done a better job forming her argument. For someone who is accusing of so much judgment, she is doing an awful lot of generalizing as well. While Duke is clearly a school known for having a predominately white, wealthy student body, not all these rich white kids are harassing Lauren about her choices.

In fact, she even stated in her New York Magazine interview that the LGBTQ community at Duke has shown her immense amounts of support. This just goes to show that not everyone at Duke thinks she is the town whore and needs to wear a red “A” on her clothes.

Duke community, Lauren is not the actual devil, just a blue devil. Let her do her porn. And Lauren, take it easy on your school.

Meg Zukin is a freshman television, radio and film major. Her column appears every Wednesday in Pulp. Email her at mtzukin@ syr.edu and follow her on Twitter at @MargaretTZukin.

• University of Kentucky • Louisiana State University • University of Mississippi • University of North Carolina • University of Oklahoma • Penn State University • University of Southern California • University of Tennessee • Texas A&M • Virginia Tech “The idea is to tie a scent to a memorable life experience – in this case, your @SyracuseU experience! How do you put snow in a scent?”

Brown tweeted.

The perfumes gave alumni another reason to reminisce about the past, and several campus favorites — such as oranges, Dome Dogs, beer and snow.

Masik said the typical fragrance project lasts about six months. She started collaborating with SU in the fall, and the fragrances are projected to hit shelves sometime in the spring or summer of 2014. jmfrere@syr.edu

The Syracuse University for him and for her fragrances will capture the essence of oranges, the outdoors and winter weather. photo courtesy of masik collegiate fragrances

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Freshman Poplawski transitions into 1st collegiate season

By Sam Blum asst. copy editor

When Taylor Poplawski walked out through the tunnel of the Carrier Dome on Sunday and onto the turf for her first home game, she had many thoughts run through her mind.

It was the same field that she had watched her heroes play on from the stands while upnext she grew up. It was the same field that she had AT Boston College practiced on in front of @ Chestnut Hill, nearly 50,000 empty Mass. seats.

Wednesday, 2 p.m.

But that day, it was, for the first time, her home field.

And she was nervous.

“I just tried to do what I could. Just mellowed myself out,” Poplawski said. “And focused on what I needed to get done. Focused on some major points of what to do.”

Now a freshman for the Orange, Poplawski,

a Syracuse native, is having an incredible start to her freshman season. She ranks third on the team in goals scored with 10 and is seeing significant playing time behind attacks Alyssa Murray and Kayla Treanor, on the nation’s topscoring team.

Poplawski will look to continue her impressive start when the Orange travels to Boston College on Wednesday for a 2 p.m. start in Chestnut Hill, Mass.

“It’s not like she’s coming in trying to do too much,” Murray said. “She’s just really playing off of us really well and taking our advice and the coaches’ advice and just striving off of that.”

In her first Dome game last Sunday against Canisius, she scored a game-high four goals.

She score three of those in the span of 1:40 to end the first half, which put the game out of the Golden Griffins’ reach.

“It was pretty amazing. It was a pretty cool experience,” Poplawski said. “I was nervous but I tried to stay composed and do my best.”

Poplawski stands at just 5 feet, 2 inches.

Her stature doesn’t intimidate. Her voice doesn’t boom. It’s her confidence that helps her stand out.

When asked when she started to realize that Syracuse might be a legitimate possibility for her during high school, she paused. She tried to think of a specific time.

But there wasn’t one. Syracuse was the only school that she could ever picture herself playing at.

“To be here is literally a dream come true,” Poplawski said. “I’ve worked so hard my high school career to be here and play for such a great team. It’s really an honor.”

She grew up playing high school lacrosse with Taylor Gait at the Christian Brothers Academy. SU head coach Gary Gait, who is Taylor Gait’s father, would watch them play and was impressed with what he saw from Poplawski.

Gary Gait wanted Poplawski, and Poplawski wanted Syracuse. It was a mutual fit.

“She developed into a great high school player and we were definitely interested in having her come to Syracuse pretty young,” Gait said.

“We got to see her play, and thought she’d be a good fit here.”

Coming into the season, Poplawski was one of the few freshmen that Gait predicted would have an immediate effect on his team, and he was right.

But even though Poplawski is turning heads in just her first four games for the Orange, she still insists she has to prove what it takes.

Poplawski knows the team she is on is stacked with experienced, championship-caliber players. It’s made people expect a lot of her, and she’s not shying away.

“There is a lot of pressure,” Poplawski said.

“But I do feel like I play better knowing that there is that pressure, knowing that we do have expectations.

“Not only for myself, but for the team.” sblum@syr.edu | @SamBlum3

softball

Dewes recovers from shoulder injury, switches to outfield

By Connor Grossman staff writer

Alyssa Dewes knew something wasn’t right.

Her throws weren’t zipping down to second base like they used to, and she felt discomfort in her right shoulder.

After going to see a doctor, the Clarence (N.Y.) High School catcher was told that it was just regular shoulder soreness and to take it easy. But she showed no improvement even with physical therapy. So Dewes returned to the doctor.

“I went back to the doctor in January before the season started,” Dewes said, “and they broke the news to me that I tore the tendons in my shoulder from overuse.

“They said I had to get surgery right away.”

As a freshman catcher and outfielder for Syracuse, Dewes has faced a long road to recovery and switched position in the midst of it. She had to sacrifice the chance to win consecutive state championships and MVP awards, and missed her senior season to be ready to play for the Orange.

Dewes immediately began rehab to rebuild lost arm strength and try to relearn the game she has played her entire life. With Dewes already signed to join the Orange for the following year, SU head coach Leigh Ross maintained her faith in the unusually speedy catcher that caught her eye during recruitment.

“When she told me about the surgery,” Ross said, “I told her, ‘get the surgery, come back and work hard to get back to where you should be.’

“And she has. She’s worked really hard.”

Dewes was a multi-sport athlete at Clarence and a four-year varsity player and captain for the Red Devil softball her senior season.

Dewes helped lead the Red Devils to the state championship for softball in 2012. She also was a four-year member of the track team in the 4-x-200 and 55-yard dash.

Coming off the softball state championship her junior year, she was primed to lead her team to consecutive titles as the reigning team MVP. After the injury, though, priorities became very apparent to her.

“My first thoughts were that I was worried about Syracuse,” Dewes said, “I wanted to be

able to still come here to play but I was also pretty devastated.”

Rehabbing her way through her senior season and the summer, Dewes was able to start working out with her teammates immediately upon arriving at SU. The process of fully trying to heal a shoulder and relearn a throwing motion was a large undertaking.

Ross said that there were minor hitches in her initial throwing motion due to the lingering effects of the surgery, but there has been noticeable improvement from her arrival in the fall to now.

“I remember playing catch with her in the fall and it took a while for her to get warmed up,” freshman pitcher Sydney O’Hara said.

“But she never hung her head about anything.

“She knew that she had a lot of work to do to come back and she’s definitely proved that she can do it.”

I remember playing catch with her in the fall and it took a while for her to get warmed up. But she never hung her head about anything.

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Her recovery was substantial enough in Ross’ eyes that the coaches developed their own plan on how to go about best utilizing Dewes for the season. She has been a catcher her entire life, but with a roster including two fellow freshmen catchers, the chances to get time behind the plate were slim.

Dewes has begun taking fly balls and reps with the outfielders as Ross believes that her athletic and speedy style of play will translate just fine to a different position.

“She’s got such good speed I wanted to see how she would do in the outfield,” Ross said, “And she’s put a lot of work in and has come a long way as an outfielder.”

While the rehab may nearly be done for

Dewes, the prospect of jumping from junior year of high school softball to Division I is daunting. While first intimidated by the increased difficulty in hitting, she finds herself becoming more acclimated by the day.

“At first I was intimidated by these pitchers who throw harder with more movement,” Dewes said. “But I feel like I’ve been able to adjust to it now.” cgrossma@syr.edu

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Syracuse seniors look to close careers with CHA championship

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Syracuse will rely on senior leadership to stabilize a young team seeking to advance to its second consecutive College Hockey of America championship game.

Seniors goalkeeper Jenesica Drinkwater and defenders Caitlin Roach and Brittney Krebs have been anchors for the Orange (1813-3, 9-8-3 CHA) on defense this season.

Drinkwater has been the go-to goalie for head coach Paul Flanagan since senior goalkeeper Kallie Billadeau went down with a season-ending injury, and Krebs and Roach are ranked first and second respectively for most blocked shots on the team. All three have been essential to SU’s success this season and have come a long way since their days together as freshmen.

“All of them have lent a lot of stability to our program and their team,” Flanagan said.

“The leadership from them almost goes without saying.”

The senior class extends past just those three individuals, with eight players in all headed toward their last postseason. They have experienced moderate playoff success, but have lost to Mercyhurst to end each of the last three seasons.

“This year we’re more of the underdogs,” Drinkwater said, “People are already starting to underestimate us.

“But I think that’s the best way for us to come in and take the championship. We deserve it.”

That’s been the goal for them since they first walked into Tennity Ice Pavilion as freshmen.

All three players laughed and shook their heads as they recalled their playing days four years ago. Krebs remembers how scared she was when she first stepped on the ice.

“My God, it was really scary for me,” Krebs said, “it took some time to get comfortable but it was great having some of the older players take us under their wing.”

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The adversity for Roach has been overwhelming, starting her hockey career at Syracuse by breaking and then re-breaking her collarbone, followed by appendicitis.

Roach recognized her weaknesses from her early playing days and made a point to get better each year.

“I played scared my freshman year,” Roach said, “But I had a good group of girls behind me who had my back and helped me want to get better each year.”

As the seniors lead their squad in a week’s worth of practices leading up to a weekend playoff series, the mantra being spread by the elders of the team is clear.

“Going out with no regrets is probably the best thing we can do,” Drinkwater said, “And hey, if we can go out like that, that’s the best way to go.” cgrossma@syr.edu

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galasso him from his four older brothers. When his brother Vinny got too rough with Nicky, Cindy’s screams were soon to follow.

“Get off your brother! What are you doing? He’s a baby!”

That was the physical, competitive nature of the Galasso brothers. Everything was a game to the five boys.

In their giant living room, they’d play every sport imaginable.

Socks with duct tape became dodge balls. When it was too cold outside, the room became a whiffle ball field. The floor would be covered in pillows and couch cushions for tackle football.

Somehow, no major bones were broken. There were bloody noses, but windows, walls and a fireplace were the only casualties. And it was every man — or boy — for himself.

“His older brothers would toss us around all over the place,” said Tom Clifford, Nicky’s longtime friend and high school teammate. “It hurt, but it made us better because they wouldn’t give us anything. They wouldn’t let us win. They made us earn it.”

Before a growth spurt shot Nicky up to his now-6-foot frame, he admits he was a “little chubster.”

So the boys piled into the oldest brother Sal’s mint blue 1999 Toyota Camry station wagon with chrome hubcaps, and followed Nicky in it as he ran around the block to push him to lose the excess fat.

“He never stopped trying to keep up with us,” said Sal Galasso, who is 8 years older than Nicky. “When he got out on the field as a young kid, it was obvious that he was leaps and bounds more aggressive than everybody else.”

Years before Nicky would win four state titles as a West Islip Lion, he played on a West Islip travel team with kids 1 and 2 years older than him that would travel to about six out-of-state tournaments a summer.

They’d play groups of select players from entire regions, and their squad from the “little town” of West Islip would beat them.

But when they traveled, Nicky needed to do so with his friends and their parents, or with coach Scott Craig, who coached all the Galasso kids at West Islip.

Nicky’s mom was battling lung cancer and a brain tumor. Cindy and Daniel Galasso continually told their boys she was getting better, even though it wasn’t the truth. Nicky doesn’t recall much from that time. He was just 12. He didn’t know much about cancer.

But at 4 a.m. on Aug. 27, 2004, Nicky woke up to the sound of his brothers crying. When they came over to hug him, he knew.

Cindy had died at the age of 44.

“We were all just so broken that you had no choice but to completely rely on each other,” Sal said.

nicky galasso (right) and his four brothers grew up constantly competing against one another. It made them tougher and better athletes, and they still find ways to be competitive to this day. courtesy of the galasso family

Their father slept in Nicky’s bedroom nearly every night for a month straight after Cindy’s death, always assuring him that everything would be OK as a James Taylor CD soothed them until they fell asleep.

One morning, Nicky woke up and looked into the sky. The sun was out, but it was accompanied by a solitary star.

“That’s a sign, Bud,” his father told him.

Cindy was always “Aunt Cindy” to her sons’ friends.

Nicky remembers living with as many as 12 or 13 people in their house once, because his mom opened it up to anyone who needed it.

She had one of the biggest hearts Nicky’s ever known, working as both a front desk attendant at West Islip High School and as an assistant little league football coach.

In addition to the field named after her, her initials were painted in the football team’s hallway tunnel. And soon, calligraphy of her initials became a West Islip tradition.

The Sharpies came out for every high school lacrosse game Nicky played in. All of his teammates would sit in a line before the game, and the appointed players would scribble “CG” on the right leg of their teammates.

“It unified us,” said Joey Finnegan, Nicky’s best friend and high school teammate. “Even if you didn’t know her, you still felt like a part of that family.”

I don’t think he wanted to let my mom down and he didn’t want to let us down. He just did it out of sheer fear of letting people down.

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They each brought her legacy to the field, but it was Nicky who channeled it best into his performance. It gave him a unique edge that no opponent could match. Each goal he scored in high school was followed by a point to the sky — a ritual he still practices today.

“Her passing just motivated me to do the best and be the best I could be,” he said. “I do everything for her. Whatever I do, it’s all for her.”

cindy and nicky galasso had a unique bond because Nicky was the youngest. courtesy of the galasso family

In just seventh grade, people throughout West Islip were predicting he’d be the best lacrosse player the town had ever seen.

On the field, he had everything. Phenomenal vision to see what was happening before it did. Physicality to attack the cage and a perpetual knack for playmaking. A dedicated work ethic off the field, all with the humility and goofiness not always seen in a superstar.

“He had gifts that other people don’t get,” his father said.

In just eighth grade, Craig called him up to the varsity team

— and he’d go on to win back-to-back titles, crying in celebration after both with his brother Vinny.

And in his last game wearing a Lions jersey, he broke the Long Island record for points with a one-goal, seven-assist performance to capture his fourth state title.

“I don’t think he wanted to let my mom down and he didn’t want to let us down,” Sal said. “He just did it out of sheer fear of letting people down.”

His high school success led him to UNC, where he led the Tar Heels with 56 points in his first season, ranking fourth in the nation in assists and claiming the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Freshman of the Year award.

He honored his mother by getting her initials tattooed on his right calf once he got to UNC, but the difficult moments still surfaced. Being nine hours away from home didn’t make it any easier. But UNC head coach Joe Breschi was there for him.

In 2004, Breschi lost his 3-year-old son in a freak parking lot accident. So when Mother’s Day or Aug. 27 came around, Nicky would seek comfort by going to the office of someone who knew what he was feeling.

“It just became natural for us to have that connection,” Breschi said, “and I think it was a helpful way for him to get through it, and in a way it was certainly helpful for me as well.

“But at times you need that support system to battle through those moments, and that’s what we did for each other.”

Nicky tried playing through a stress fracture in his left foot in his sophomore year, but surgery was the best option and decided to transfer to Syracuse.

When he got to Syracuse, though, another stress fracture kept him sidelined. It was back to square one for Nicky.

He finally made his debut for the Orange — with his dad and Vinny eight rows back from the SU bench — against Maryland in the Carrier Dome on Saturday. “(UNC) gets a great recruiting class every year, certain people come in and things change after a while,” Nicky said. “I just felt that I needed to make a change and I’m happy I chose where I chose.”

Don’t think the Galasso boys are any less competitive than they were years ago.

There’s one streetlight in front of Sal’s West Islip home, but they still have spontaneous egg tosses at night once his kids are put to bed. The brothers still dare each other to clear a 4-foot fence, or hit a sign with a snowball.

The competition never ends, even as life moves on.

But the brothers understand that their lacrosse days are behind them, so they live vicariously through Nicky and will do whatever they can to get him back to the player that made jaws drop on the turf field.

When Nicky isn’t alone at the grass field at West Islip High School, his brothers are often there with him.

The brothers hit him with passes. They laugh, tell stories and shoot around. It’s always lighthearted.

But every once in a while, one of the brothers will peek at the scoreboard with their mother’s name, then feed their baby brother with a pass so he can fire another shot. pmdabbra@syr.edu | @PhilDAbb

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Syracuse men’s hockey builds success amid historic season

By Liam Sullivan contributing writer

Men’s basketball, football and men’s lacrosse.

These three sports have always garnered the most support on Syracuse’s campus. But with the way the SU men’s club ice hockey team has been playing this season, there might be a need to spread the attention to a lesser-known squad.

The team is having an outstanding season with a 20-5-2 record, and recently won the university’s first-ever Northeast Collegiate Hockey League regular-season title. By reaching that mark, the Orange clinched a berth to the American Collegiate Hockey Association national championships, also a program first.

Nationals are to be held in Delaware this March, featuring the top 20 ACHA Division I men’s club hockey teams in the country. Syracuse will face off against Oakland on March 6 in its first game of the tournament.

As a club sport, not a lot of attention has been given to the team, but its historic accomplishments have certainly warranted some.

“We feel like we deserve more attention,” said head coach Nick Pierandri. “We have some really good hockey players and they’ve played absolutely phenomenal this year.”

The team has been hungry as a result of its success.

Senior captain Russell Suskind said the team has played with a chip on its shoulder all year long and has always been striving to play better. The hockey team has felt that despite its relatively new

emergence as a contender, the Orange is for real.

And senior Niall Harding, one of the team’s three captains, likes his team’s odds against anyone.

“Not a lot of people respect us because of our regular-season schedule and we’re not high in the rankings,” said Harding. “Still, I know we have serious potential to go deep into the tournament.”

At one point, reaching the national tournament may have been unrealistic. The program has improved drastically throughout the past few years, to the point where a berth to the tournament is now a reality.

Harding attributes the team’s historic success this season to the addition of Pierandri in this past offseason.

“Coach P harnesses our talent and puts it into a system so we’re more effective as a team,” said Harding. “We’re small and fast, so he works to our strengths.”

Pierandri said that he felt like the team’s success has been a major factor in convincing some very good hockey players to forgo playing for a Division III school, and instead choose to lace up the skates for Syracuse.

This season has already been wildly successful, but the team is not done yet. What was once a pipe dream is now a reality as it looks forward to the league playoffs, the national tournament and beyond.

“To see where the program was four years ago, where it is right now, and then looking ahead is something else,” said Suskind. “Syracuse hockey is going to be a force for a long time.” lpsull01@syr.edu

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lecky with he and Schoonmaker last year…I think they’ve not only picked up where they’ve left off

He’s done a tremendous job all year with really being a leader vocally. By his play, he’s really gotten younger guys to buy into the system.

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last year but they’ve improved on that.”

Lecky is also now a team co-captain, and the only junior of the four. He downplays his role saying that everyone on the team has to be a leader, but has still made a conscious effort to put himself out there this season.

And his team notices it.

“He’s done a tremendous job all year with really being a leader vocally. By his play, he’s really gotten younger guys to buy into the system,” Maltz said.

Much attention has been given to freshman Jordan Evans, transfers Randy Staats and Mike Iacono and the return of Nicky Galasso. The time for Lecky to break could be just right.

Said Lecky: “We’ll see. I just take it day-by-day, practice-by-practice. Don’t look too far ahead.” jmhyber@syr.edu

hakeem lecky came to Syracuse as the No. 30 recruit in the Class of 2010. He starts on SU’s first midfield line after a year on the second line. spencer bodian staff photographer

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In high school, nicky galasso used his mother’s death as motivation to become the best player in Long Island history.

Two foot injuries since have slowed his college career, but now that he’s healthy at Syracuse he’s ready for

his return

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By Phil D’Abbraccio asst. copy editor

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t doesn’t bother Nicky Galasso when the turf field at his old high school is being used.

That’s the field where he made his name, but on the other side of the tennis courts is a grass field that suits him just fine.

The one that reads “In memory of Cindy Galasso” in blue and gold letters on the scoreboard.

There he begins his work. Fifty shots lefty, planting off of his right leg — which features a tattoo of the initials “CG” on the calf — and then 50 shots right-handed.

Back on the West Islip (N.Y.) High School turf field is where Nicky put together the best high school lacrosse career in Long Island history. He left the Lions as a four-time state champion, the Long Island record holder in points, and the No. 1 recruit in the country in the Class of 2010, with the University of North Carolina his next destination.

But in his sophomore season with the Tar Heels, a stress fracture in his left foot proved that the seemingly untouchable Nicky was human. He transferred to Syracuse before last year for a fresh start, but another stress fracture ended his season before it began.

He has a legacy to restore, and the road back goes

through the field that bears his mother’s name — every morning last summer around 9 a.m. for an hour and a half.

“At the end of the day, I think I’m making her proud just by being in college, going on with my life and being successful because that’s what she really wants,” he said.

“I wish she could be here for it, but she’s up there looking down on me. I know she’s there.”

They called him “the Hemorrhoid.” He’d try sleeping over at his friends’ houses, but would end up calling her at 1 or 2 a.m. to come pick him up. He couldn’t do it.

That’s how inseparable Nicky Galasso and his mother were.

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men’s lacrosse

Junior captain Lecky looks to hit stride after tough 2 years

By Josh Hyber staff writer

For Hakeem Lecky, his journey to Syracuse is in some way parallel to the journey he’s had since arriving.

Before coming to SU, Lecky’s path took him from Jamaica, to Massachusetts and then to Connecticut. At Syracuse, he went from being a prized recruit, to redshirting, to being shuffled between the first- and second-

line midfield units.

But after a strong end to last season, Lecky is back on a first-line midfield unit alongside Henry Schoonmaker and Scott Loy. “I think he’s going to have a breakout year,” attack Derek Maltz said.

As a senior at Duxbury (Mass.)

High School, Lecky was ranked the No. 30 prospect in the Class of 2009

by Inside Lacrosse and named a U.S. Lacrosse All-American. After gradu-

ating from Duxbury, he helped lead Avon Old Farms School (Conn.) to the 2010 Founder’s League title.

Yet when he arrived in 2011, Lecky redshirted. In 2012 as a freshman, he started all 17 games on the first midfield line, but only tallied seven points on six goals and one assist.

As a sophomore last year, he was demoted to the second-line midfield and only totaled nine points on eight goals and one assist.

“I don’t try to worry too much about that, but it is pretty nice to get bumped up to the first line,” Lecky said. “I just try to pay attention to the game at hand and work my hardest.”

The junior has scored two goals so far this season — one against Siena and one against Maryland.

The goal against Maryland on Saturday was vintage Lecky. From 15 yards out, Lecky beat his defender to the right and snuck a shot past goalie

Niko Amato’s short side.

“He’s a midfielder that can play defense, that can play offense and he’s great in between the lines,” Maltz said. “He’s one of the best athletes on the field at all times, and he’s very good off his dodge.

“He’s shooting the ball better, he’s playing with a lot of confidence,” SU head coach John Desko said. “I’ve talked before about that second midfield

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